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A New High
Feb. 26th, 2014 08:48 pmI think I hit a new high in productivity today.
8.30am: colposcopy. Let's just say that if you do this and you have to use white vinegar to make those lesions show up, you ought to try to avoid getting the vinegar on sensitive areas.
Also the doctor says that there are two kinds of cells that can be in the cervix, clom-something and squash-something and apparently I've got too much of the former, which tend to be, kinda, immature? or at least unstable? and is often a result of too much estrogen. Since I've been using the NuvaRing for years, I've been getting direct exposure to it for a while, and maybe it's time to look at other options. Feh. She also thinks that stress might be contributing to the lack of clearup which, yeah OK, this is not helping me, because it means I may have to get colposcopies FOR THE REST OF MY GRAD CAREER. Which, no. This is my third in a row and I am already kind of fucking sick of them.
9.20am: I decide to go pick up posters from the nice CIS lady who prints them! Because the grad assistant has taken way too long to get back to me! And I go to her office like twice and she's not there and I get confused and I check my email very carefully to find that her office is now in College Building South. "Where the fuck?" I say, and locate it on the map. It is on the edge of campus! Past a library and a couple of parking lots! I go into the North one at first before noticing that it says ENTOMOLOGY and have to out and around a long way before I find it! Woooooooowwwwwww.
But the lady was very nice (I had not realized she'd been promoted to Events Manager. Things I've been conveniently left in the dark about, I guess) and gave me a tour of their new digs! And to be fair it is a VERY nice building. It must have been a house at some point, and they have a sitting area with a patio AND a garden. I asked her if we could have a dance party there. She said sure.
10.15am: I arrive at my office late for office hours. Fortunately, I don't see any students until aorund 11am. I'm in my office until a little past 12. I make some instant noodles. While eating I call Parking Services to inquire about "free parking" for community events that the Chancellor announced. (Turns out it is not so free; permits for visitors are free if departments schedule events of the sort, but they still need to get parking services. It is still of relevance though.) I write a report of my findings to the SFTS directors. I skedaddle to Student Life to get my fancy new posters stamped! You can see a version of it here! And then I go get some books on hold from the library. There are a lot of books.
1.45pm: I get to the Recruitment Director's office and very quickly we set a schedule! Very exciting. I now have something to report about the mini-conference/Recruitment Day/seminar conflict.
2pm: I head out to poster the campus. I get back in an hour!
4pm - 6pm: I futz around a bit. I can't seem to read, so instead I start working on next week's presentation. It's going pretty good! I also spend some time basking in the responses from the profs I have written to about all these things I've done stuff on. I feel very accomplished and like I have initiative! I mean, I know theoretically I have some--my letters of recommendation say so, apparently--but I've never felt it, in my bones. And today I do.
Then I head out for dinner with Joe. I get back around 8.30?
Also my cookie dough from last night.... it still falls flat. I think it's just not working =( I think I'll just.... mix in another egg and some milk and see where that takes me.
So. Yes. I'm stressed and cranky and anxious and kind of pissed off in three different directions but I do feel good about myself, after all.
8.30am: colposcopy. Let's just say that if you do this and you have to use white vinegar to make those lesions show up, you ought to try to avoid getting the vinegar on sensitive areas.
Also the doctor says that there are two kinds of cells that can be in the cervix, clom-something and squash-something and apparently I've got too much of the former, which tend to be, kinda, immature? or at least unstable? and is often a result of too much estrogen. Since I've been using the NuvaRing for years, I've been getting direct exposure to it for a while, and maybe it's time to look at other options. Feh. She also thinks that stress might be contributing to the lack of clearup which, yeah OK, this is not helping me, because it means I may have to get colposcopies FOR THE REST OF MY GRAD CAREER. Which, no. This is my third in a row and I am already kind of fucking sick of them.
9.20am: I decide to go pick up posters from the nice CIS lady who prints them! Because the grad assistant has taken way too long to get back to me! And I go to her office like twice and she's not there and I get confused and I check my email very carefully to find that her office is now in College Building South. "Where the fuck?" I say, and locate it on the map. It is on the edge of campus! Past a library and a couple of parking lots! I go into the North one at first before noticing that it says ENTOMOLOGY and have to out and around a long way before I find it! Woooooooowwwwwww.
But the lady was very nice (I had not realized she'd been promoted to Events Manager. Things I've been conveniently left in the dark about, I guess) and gave me a tour of their new digs! And to be fair it is a VERY nice building. It must have been a house at some point, and they have a sitting area with a patio AND a garden. I asked her if we could have a dance party there. She said sure.
10.15am: I arrive at my office late for office hours. Fortunately, I don't see any students until aorund 11am. I'm in my office until a little past 12. I make some instant noodles. While eating I call Parking Services to inquire about "free parking" for community events that the Chancellor announced. (Turns out it is not so free; permits for visitors are free if departments schedule events of the sort, but they still need to get parking services. It is still of relevance though.) I write a report of my findings to the SFTS directors. I skedaddle to Student Life to get my fancy new posters stamped! You can see a version of it here! And then I go get some books on hold from the library. There are a lot of books.
1.45pm: I get to the Recruitment Director's office and very quickly we set a schedule! Very exciting. I now have something to report about the mini-conference/Recruitment Day/seminar conflict.
2pm: I head out to poster the campus. I get back in an hour!
4pm - 6pm: I futz around a bit. I can't seem to read, so instead I start working on next week's presentation. It's going pretty good! I also spend some time basking in the responses from the profs I have written to about all these things I've done stuff on. I feel very accomplished and like I have initiative! I mean, I know theoretically I have some--my letters of recommendation say so, apparently--but I've never felt it, in my bones. And today I do.
Then I head out for dinner with Joe. I get back around 8.30?
Also my cookie dough from last night.... it still falls flat. I think it's just not working =( I think I'll just.... mix in another egg and some milk and see where that takes me.
So. Yes. I'm stressed and cranky and anxious and kind of pissed off in three different directions but I do feel good about myself, after all.